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Harjumaa Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the sout ...

, , 523,277, , 4,333, , 120.7 , - , 2 ,

Ida-Virumaa Ida-Viru County ( et, Ida-Viru maakond or ''Ida-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used ...

, , 170,719, , 3,364, , 50.7 , - , 3 ,

Tartumaa Tartu County ( et, Tartu maakond or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County. The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% of t ...

, , 149,283, , 2,993, , 49.9 , - , 4 , Lääne-Virumaa, , 67,375, , 3,465, , 18.6 , - , 5 , Pärnumaa, , 88,563, , 4,807, , 18.4 , - , 6 ,

Valgamaa Valga County ( et, Valga maakond or ''Valgamaa'') is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and lar ...

, , 34,265, , 2,044, , 16.8 , - , 7 ,

Võrumaa Võrumaa (german: Kreis Werro; vro, Võromaa) was a historical county in Estonia. The historical Võrumaa includes the areas of the present counties of Võru, Põlva, Valga and Tartu. Regions of Estonia Historical regions in Estonia Ancient p ...

, , 38,072, , 2,305, , 16.5 , - , 8 ,

Viljandimaa Viljandi County ( et, Viljandi maakond or ''Viljandimaa''; german: Kreis Fellin) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties. History Viljandimaa, under the ...

, , 55,877, , 3,423, , 16.3 , - , 9 , Järvamaa, , 36,208, , 2,623, , 14.7 , - , 10 , Põlvamaa, , 31,175, , 2,165, , 14.4 , - , 11 , Jõgevamaa, , 36,922, , 2,604, , 14.2 , - , 12 , Raplamaa, , 36,684, , 2,980, , 12.3 , - , 13 ,

Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the island i ...

, , 34,845, , 2,922, , 11.9 , - , 14 , Läänemaa, , 27,552, , 2,383, , 11.6 , - , 15 ,

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa (, ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within H ...

, , 10,118, , 1,023, , 9.9 , - , ,

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

, , 1,340,935, , 45,228, , 30.9 *

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